nTopology 5.29.2

nTopology is pleased to announce the availability of nTopology 5.29.2. This release features the Import Superelements block, allowing you to import and use stiffness and mass matrices to represent domains in your nTop simulations and optimizations. We've also added Conic and Cubic Bezier blocks to create smooth, mathematically precise curves and surfaces. Finally, the notebook description and comments now support markdown format, allowing you to add rich text and hyperlinks to your workflows and custom blocks!


Import Superelement
- The Import Superelement block imports a .bdf and .fem file to represent structural components that serve as efficient building blocks in larger nTop simulations.
- You can use superelements when developing a simulation or optimization workflow for efficiently modeling multi-component assemblies with repetitive components (e.g., bolts, brackets, etc.) and/or complex subcomponents that don't require in-depth analysis in nTop but can be captured via representative matrices. You can use superelements to develop hierarchical analyses and systems-level studies.
- Location: Beta > Analysis Exchange
. DMIG File: Path to the .bdf file containing the superelement's stiffness, mass properties, and external grid IDs.
. Grid File: Path to the .fem file defining the global coordinates of the superelement's external grid points
. Unit System: The unit system used for the imported superelement. This ensures consistent translation of its properties into the current analysis unit system.
. Output: Superelement


Conic
- The Conic block creates an Implicit Body defined by an implicit conic section curve. The signed distance of a planar conic segment will be returned. The block uses three control points (Point 1, Point 2, and Point 3) and a Rho (ρ) value to define the curve's shape.
- Enables designing aerodynamic profiles for wings, fuselages, and other vehicle bodies.
- Location: Create > Primitives
. Points 1, 2, and 3: Control Points for the Conic. The Z component will be ignored.
. Rho: Rho value of the Conic in the range (0,1).
. Output: Implicit Body


Cubic Bezier
- The Cubic Bezier block creates an Implicit Body whose boundary is formed by a smooth, implicit cubic Bézier curve. Four input points control the shape of the curve.
- Enables designing aerodynamic profiles for wings, fuselages, and other vehicle bodies.
- Location: Create > Primitives
. Points 1, 2, 3, and 4: Control Points. The Z component will be ignored.
. Output: Implicit Body


Markdown Support
- Markdown is now supported in comments and notebook descriptions. After editing, text with markdown syntax will be recognized and rendered as markdown.
- This functionality can be used for notebook self-documentation, richer block descriptions, tables, embedded hyperlinks, and more.



Simplified nTop Automate Setup on Linux
- We have streamlined the setup process for using nTop Automate on Linux. Starting in version 5.29, several LD_LIBRARY_PATH exports are no longer required, simplifying the environment configuration. Learn more about nTop Automate for Linux here.
- Before 5.29


- After 5.29



nTopology introduced the concept of implicit modeling for mechanical design, which is an innovative, modern, and scalable way define parts and products. It has many benefits to end-users and companies, such as the elimination of model failures, speed of changes or iterations, and scalability to name a few. But implicit modeling enables so much more. In this informational session, we'll explore a topic that is redefining product development – field-driven design. In short, field-driven design is a way for design, analysis, and manufacturing teams to overlay information into one engineering model. This approach enables orders of magnitude increase in design iteration speed and greatly improves collaboration between teams.

How Field-Driven Design Allows Engineers to Design for Additive Manufacturing


Watch this information session where we'll define field-driven design, show examples of how it enables better knowledge sharing, and show how it promotes the development of more sophisticated, highly engineered products. You'll also better understand how nTopology is addressing today's engineering problems through its nTop Platform product.
nTopology was founded in 2015 to enable engineers and designers to create any geometry — no matter how complex — and meet the requirements of high-performance products.

Owner: nTopology
Product Name: nTopology
Version: 5.29.2
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.ntop.com
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows *
Size: 1.3 Gb